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the genre that taught computers to scream and humans to call it music
means A subgenre of electronic dance music defined by sparse, syncopated rhythms and heavy, wobbling sub-bass — especially the dramatic mid-track 'drop' where the bass takes over.
from A straightforward blend of 'dub' and 'step.' The 'dub' comes from Jamaican dub reggae — itself named for the studio practice of 'dubbing,' reworking and remixing existing recordings into stripped-down, bass-heavy versions. The '-step' echoes '2-step' garage, the UK dance style from which dubstep emerged in the South London scene around the turn of the 2000s. So the name honestly maps its parentage: deep dub bass married to a garage step.
- birthplace
- Born in South London clubs around 2002
- the drop
- That bass wobble is called the wub
- halftime trick
- Drums feel half-speed over fast tempos
- brostep
- Skrillex made it louder, dirtier, global
- sub frequencies
- Felt in your chest before heard
skrillex — producer who won 8 grammys and popularized dubstep globally from 2010 onwards
burial — anonymous london producer whose 2006 album 'untrue' defined atmospheric dubstep
benga — croydon artist who helped pioneer dubstep in south london around 2001